Si Collection, Lower Volume Radical: Dog (quǎn) Entry: Jian Kangxi Stroke Count: 12 Page 713, Entry 03 Pronounced jian According to the Expanded Rhymes (Guangyun), this is a common form of the character jian. It is identical. For details, see the entry for the character jian under the Pig (shi) radical. In the Annals of Master Lu (Lushi Chunqiu), it is written: Fearful of the tiger, one stabs the jian.